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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicUS-Canada

Topic: US-Canada

Canada’s Trudeau trouble has been replaced by Trump torment. It’s security vs sovereignty

While an immediate reversal of accusations against Indian diplomats in Canada should not be expected, Canadian political parties must distance themselves from radical elements within Indian diaspora.

‘No tariffs if Canada joined US’: Trump renews offer of making Canada 51st state of US

The remarks came after Trudeau's resignation. The US President-elect plans to impose 25% tax on Canadian imports.

Watch CutTheClutter: Trudeau govt on shaky ground with sluggish growth, minister’s exit, Trump’s threats

In episode 1575, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains how Chrystia Freeland's resignation, Trump factor & Jagmeet Singh’s political maneuvering have implications for Trudeau’s leadership.

The Trump effect & ‘political gimmicks’: Why Chrystia Freeland’s exit is a setback for Justin Trudeau

Freeland was an important member of Team Trudeau. The Canadian deputy PM & first woman to hold the finance portfolio slammed Trudeau’s fiscal policies on the way out.

‘Trump’s plans will hurt,’ says ex-Trudeau ally Jagmeet Singh, urges Canada PM to call them out

The New Democratic Party leader has asked the prime minister to stand publicly against Trump’s proposed across-the-board tariffs.

Two killed in vehicle ‘explosion’ near US-Canada border, FBI investigating

Car was coming from the US side, and exploded near the Rainbow Bridge at the US-Canada crossing. Cause for explosion and the nationalities of the 2 people who died are still unknown.

US ‘deeply concerned’, says India should cooperate with Canada’s probe into Nijjar’s killing

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has categorically rejected Canada's suspicions that Indian agents had links to the murder.

US Defense sends real-time satellite and sensor data to Canada to identify new fires

US already dispatched 600 plus firefighters to Canada to fight wildfires. President Biden, who linked phenomenon to climate change, said US officials were monitoring air quality & aviation delays.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.